Logan: Untangling Wolverine's Complicated X-Men Movie Timeline

We try our best to put Logan's 10-film-long story in chronological order.

By
Jesse Schedeen

The X-Men movies have made plenty of changes to the source material, but one element that hasn't changed is the convoluted approach to continuity. That continuity promises to become even more confusing with the release of Logan. This tenth entry in the X-Men saga jumps forward in the timeline to explore a post-apocalyptic world where an aging Wolverine is one of the last mutants still standing.

Wolverine has been the focal point for the entire X-Men saga. He's appeared in all nine films released so far (if you count the Hugh Jackman's face's in Deadpool) and he's been the lead character in many of them. And with Logan, the hairy X-Man's journey looks to be finally coming to an end. As the X-Men movies have bounced back and forth in time over the course of Wolverine's long, complicated journey, here's a chronological breakdown of his multi-film, multi-timeline story arc:

It remains to be seen whether Logan will straighten out some of the inconsistencies in the X-Men movie timeline or just add more to the growing pile. But we do know that this will be Hugh Jackman's final bow as the popular mutant hero.